The Hindu·4 min read·medium
Nepal helps Bhutan strengthen quake preparedness with support from PM Modi-backed coalition
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Bhutan conducted a full-scale earthquake simulation in Thimphu with technical support from Nepal and the India-backed Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). The exercise aimed to identify gaps in emergency response and resource mobilization for major seismic events.
A full-scale earthquake simulation in Bhutan's capital has exposed gaps in emergency equipment and resource mobilisation while testing how authorities, hospitals and emergency responders would coordinate after a major quake, with Nepal's earthquake experts providing technical support for the exercise.
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